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The Earth rotates once (on average) every 24 hours, when you compare it to the Sun. That is a tropical day. Because the Earth is also revolving around the Sun at the same time it is rotating about its axis, the Earth takes about 23 hours and 56 minutes to rotate with respect to a distant star. That is a sidereal day.

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